Mr. Whitfield sighs, rubs his face, and kneels to Sheldon’s eye level. “Listen, kid. You want to be right, or you want to have friends?”
Sheldon looks at her, genuinely perplexed. “Then what are they?” young sheldon s01e19 webdl
Outside, a cricket chirps. Somewhere, Meemaw smiles, takes a long drag, and flicks ash into the Texas night. Mr. Whitfield sighs
The hypothesis in question: friendship.
Sheldon processes this. “So the error was not factual but… emotional?” rubs his face
He writes: “Apology formula: If (person feels bad) AND (I caused it) THEN (express regret) regardless of factual accuracy.”